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    BBC1 to mark Potters Bar rail tragedy

    2003-04-16T08:30:00Z

    Documentary-maker Roger Graef's indie Films of Record has been commissioned to make a fast turnaround documentary for BBC1, marking the first anniversary of the Potters Bar rail crash, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    BBC1 looks for 50 Things to Do Before You Die

    2003-04-16T08:30:00Z

    ITV Sport presenter Gaby Logan is to front a one-off for BBC1 looking at the kind of things everyone should do at least once in their lives. The 60-minute 50 Things to Do Before You Dieis a follow-up to 50 ...

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    Highfield heads defence of BBCi

    2003-04-15T17:13:29Z

    BBC director of new media and technology Ashley Highfield is to lead the BBC's response to the government's review of its online service, which media secretary Tessa Jowell this week announced must be submitted by the end of June, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Missiles and boycotts won't stop us reporting

    2003-04-15T17:12:12Z

    Al-Jazeera paid the ultimate price for tenaciously adhering to its professional ethos: 'the opinion and the other opinion' - a novel phenomenon in Arab media, writes Mohammad Jassem Al Ali.

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    C4 turns spotlight on fashion legend

    2003-04-15T17:11:25Z

    The inner workings of fashion bible Vogueare to be exposed in a new Channel 4 documentary series, writes Penny Hughes.

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    Janie Grace takes helm at ENB

    2003-04-15T14:04:13Z

    Janie Grace, the ITV kids controller who was forced out of her job in February, has resurfaced as managing director of the English National Ballet (ENB), writes Colin Robertson

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    BSkyB supply blow for Pace

    2003-04-15T11:30:00Z

    Set-top box manufacturer Pace Microtechnology has been dealt another blow, after its biggest customer BSkyB ended the exclusivity of its contract to supply Sky Plus PVR boxes in favour of a co-supplier deal with Amstrad, writes Luke Satchell

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    We're the most hated celebrities...we're getting out of here

    2003-04-15T09:36:52Z

    Tara, Bernard in worst-Brit fury. ...

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    Star squeaks up for Corrie wimp Ashley

    2003-04-15T09:35:26Z

    Coronation street star Steve Arnold has hit back at snipers who say his character Ashley Peacock is a wimp. ...

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    Ex BBC boss wins top government job

    2003-04-15T09:30:06Z

    A former BBC executive who resigned after he admitted an error of judgement over a lucrative online learning scheme...

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    Consolation blues

    2003-04-15T09:28:11Z

    Warning to Ofcom: radio will suffer without a public-service remit ...

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    CNN effect punctures consumer boom

    2003-04-15T09:27:58Z

    March was the slowest month in the shops for three years as consumers sat glued to television coverage of the war i...

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    The BBC and the bean-counters

    2003-04-15T09:27:52Z

    What is the best way to ensure the Corporation's financial accountability? ...

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    Cleaning up television

    2003-04-15T09:27:32Z

    Brighter Pictures is that rare thing: an indie that makes money ...

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    Pace Micro setback as BSkyB ends box contract

    2003-04-15T09:27:11Z

    Pace Micro Technology suffered another blow yesterday after BSkyB ended the exclusivity of a contract to supply the...

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    BBC given internet services deadline

    2003-04-15T09:26:50Z

    The BBC has been given until the end of June to justify the£100m it spends each year on its internet services ...

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    C4 head calls for part of licence fee

    2003-04-15T09:26:30Z

    C4 director of television Tim Gardam has called for a slice of the BBC's licence fee ...

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    TV hunt for pop family

    2003-04-15T09:25:52Z

    Telly chiefs are launching a hunt for the hottest all-in-the-family band ...

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    Soap sex war

    2003-04-15T09:25:16Z

    EastEnders plot to top Street totty ...

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    ITV merger groups start City offensive

    2003-04-15T09:24:42Z

    Carlton and Granada, the ITV companies proposing a merger have dispatched their senior non-executives on a series o...